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Willkie Farr hires former Jenner & Block chairman to launch Chicago office
Craig Martin joins firm as partner along with five other ex-Jenner & Block attorneys
Accel Entertainment's GC gives up pay as top in-house lawyers are impacted by Covid-19 shutdown
Derek Harmer is sacrificing his full salary to help company shore up finances after suspension of video gaming terminals
Unprecedented response to Covid-19 is 'testament to legal profession's resilience'
Stewart Salwin is impressed by how quickly the Arizona courts have adapted to the coronavirus crisis
BakerHostetler hires from an array of rivals to unveil nine-partner Dallas office
Recruits from Winston, Wick Phillips, Baker Botts, Barnes & Thornburg and Kirkland form firm's 16th office
Allen & Overy hires two Orrick partners in Washington DC and appoints new office head
Magic circle UK firm builds US enforcement capability; projects partner Jean Lee take reins
Jones Day rated top US legal brand as Eversheds Sutherland breaks into top 20 for first time
Acritas ranking sees Jones Day at summit for fourth year; Eversheds Sutherland's top 20 debut comes three years after transatlantic merger
Fried Frank hires Boies Schiller duo in New York to bolster global litigation capabilities
Partners Robin Henry and Motty Shulman latest in string of departures from Boies Schiller
Immuta chief legal officer co-launches Washington DC-based AI legal boutique
Andrew Burt will co-run firm with former SAS data scientist Patrick Hall
US businesses 'clamouring' for guidance on fast-moving Covid-19 crisis, survey finds
Flash survey of corporate America finds companies are scrambling for information on federal, state and local legislative updates
US firms trimmed 2019 summer recruitment programme sizes even as offer rates hit record high
Large firms may have been paring number of law student places in anticipation of economic slowdown, NALP report suggests
Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton postpone merger in response to Covid-19 pandemic
National duo delay deal to the summer as leaders of newly merged Faegre Drinker praise staff for level of collaboration in face of crisis
US companies lack resources to check on data privacy compliance, survey finds
More than half of respondents unsure if they are fully compliant with new regulations
ABA sets up Covid-19 taskforce as Supreme Court suspends oral arguments
Supreme Court postponement is first since Spanish Flu pandemic as disruption caused by coronavirus grows
Wells Fargo appoints former TD Bank GC as bank's new legal head
Ellen Patterson takes over as GC at the scandal-hit lender from Allen Parker
Faegre Drinker closes office network after visitor tests positive for coronavirus
Firm takes decision after learning that an attendee of a recent event at its Washington DC office had become infected
BakerHostetler unveils San Francisco office, hires Winston & Straw partner to lead
Opening is latest addition to firm's growing footprint on the US West Coast
New York coronavirus cases: Quinn Emanuel partner tests positive as wife pays tribute to 'tenacious' husband
Staff at Quinn Emanuel work from home; first New York lawyer to catch virus is named
Wells Fargo promotes senior in-house lawyer to interim GC role for second time
Doug Edwards steps up to replace outgoing GC and former interim CEO Allen Parker
West Coast new law startup Atrium to close at loss of 100 jobs
'Sometimes wins, sometimes losses', tweets Justin Kan, high profile founder of legal software and law firm startup
Foley & Lardner hires team of four patent lawyers from Dentons
Market for IP lawyers remains buoyant as partners Eric Sophir and Gary Solomon brought in to grow Foley's IP capabilities